News from March 2018
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN - U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced today that Steven Craig Whyte, 29, of Kalamazoo, was convicted by a federal jury yesterday of five crimes, including conspiring to distribute heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and distribution of heroin resulting in death. Because Whyte was previously convicted of a drug distribution offense, he faces a mandatory life term at sentencing.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Chamberlain, South Dakota, man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for two counts of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy, Jr. announced today that Brandon Dell, 27, of Buffalo, NY, who was convicted of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, was sentenced to 72 months in prison by Senior U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny. The charge carries a mandatory minimum penalty of five years in prison, a maximum of life, and a fine of $250,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Columbia, South Carolina ---- United States Attorney Beth Drake stated today that Jaquan Latrel Samuel a/k/a “Trey," a/k/a “Trap," age 30, of Hartsville, SC, was sentenced in federal court in Florence, South Carolina, for Robbery of United States Government Property and Use of and Brandishing a Firearm...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: SYRACUSE, NEW YORK - Lindsay Creiman, age 37, of Clay, New York, pled guilty today to possessing pseudoephedrine, knowing it would be used in the manufacture of methamphetamine, announced United States Attorney Grant C. Jaquith, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent in Charge James J. Hunt of the New York Division, and New York State Police Superintendent George P. Beach II.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Today, the Bureau of Land Management Grand Junction Field Office approved Fram Operating, LLC’s Whitewater Unit Master Development Plan, an oil development project 15 miles southeast of Grand Junction that supports the Administration’s America First Energy Plan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a trio with ties to Oklahoma and North Carolina have been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Manufacture Counterfeit United States Currency and Passing of Counterfeit United States Currency.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Defendant Falsely Claimed to the Government That His Mother Was Alive but Unavailable to Be Interviewed.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Frank Lara, 45, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty yesterday afternoon in federal court in Las Cruces, N.M., to methamphetamine trafficking charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: CHARLOTE, N.C. - Briana Shakeyah Johnson, 22, of Concord, N.C., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr. to 156 months in prison and 5 years of supervised release on charges of conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity (RICO) and murder in aid of racketeering, for her involvement in the murders of Douglas and Deborah London, announced U.S. Attorney R. Andrew Murray of the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DRESHAWN NEWTON, also known as “Dre," 28, of Hartford, was sentenced today by Senior U.S. District Judge Alfred V. Covello in Hartford to 57 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing heroin.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned a 10-count indictment today against Andre Ramon Washington, 45; Roland Adrian Jufiar, 42; and David Garcia Romero, 42, all of Sacramento, charging them with conspiracy to distribute and possessing cocaine and methamphetamine for distribution, U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, La. - United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced that a Clayton man was sentenced last week to 168 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine with intent to distribute and firearms charges.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
Release: The systems approach is a series of measures taken by growers, packers, and shippers that, in combination, minimize pest risks prior to importation into the continental United States. In this case, the systems approach requires multiple safeguards including irradiation treatment, packinghouse processing ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Greenbelt, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted Katrin Verclas, age 50, a native and citizen of Germany residing in Washington, D.C., on a charge related to a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of State of $1.231 million. The indictment was returned on March 26, 2018, and was unsealed upon the arrest of Verclas.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Two Former Barclays Executives Agree to Pay $2 Million to Resolve Claims Brought Against Them Individually.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The Bureau of Land Management Las Vegas Field Office announced today that it is seeking public comment on a proposal to lease approximately 2.98 acres of public land to the City of Las Vegas for a public park and related facilities. The proposed park is adjacent to the existing Wayne Bunker Park on Constantinople Avenue, between Buffalo Drive and Tenaya Way in the northwest area of the Las Vegas Valley.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: NORMAN, Okla. - The Bureau of Land Management will hold a wild horse and burro sale event in Kerrville, Texas, April 13 - 14 at the Hill Country Youth Event Center, where 50 wild horses and burros will be featured. The event will take place from noon - 6 p.m. on Friday, April 13, and 8 a.m. - noon on Saturday, April 14. Animals will be eligible for direct purchase to a good home. Inquire with BLM staff onsite for more information.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: OXFORD - An Alabama woman was sentenced to more than 22 years in federal prison for her role in the robbery of a North Mississippi Post Office and the shooting of the Postmaster during the robbery. Angela Roy, 36, of Wilmer, Alabama was sentenced to 270 months incarceration for her part in the September...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2018
News Release: Radiation Therapy Company Agrees to Pay Up to $11.5 Million to Settle Allegations of False Claims and Kickbacks.
